Mapping the Renaissance World
The Geographical Imagination in the Age of Discovery
Published on 21. March 2016
216 pages
978-0-7456-8366-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses on the work of the great sixteenth-century traveller and map-maker Andre Thevat and explores the interrelations between representation and power in the age of discovery.
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09/1994
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Polity Press
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Frank Lestringant is a leading authority of humanism and onthe age of discovery. His previous books include AndréThevet, Cosmographe des Derniers Valois (Droz, 1991) and LeHuguenot et le Sauvage (Klincksieck, 1990).
Content
Translator's Preface.
Introduction: Renaissance and Cosmography.
1. The Cosmographical Model.
2. Ancient Lessons: A Bookish Orient.
3. Mythologics: The Invention of Brazil.
4. Mythologics II: Amazons and Monarchs.
5. Cartographics: An Experience of the World and an Experimenton the World.
Epilogue: The End of Cosmography.
Appendices.
Notes.
Index.
Introduction: Renaissance and Cosmography.
1. The Cosmographical Model.
2. Ancient Lessons: A Bookish Orient.
3. Mythologics: The Invention of Brazil.
4. Mythologics II: Amazons and Monarchs.
5. Cartographics: An Experience of the World and an Experimenton the World.
Epilogue: The End of Cosmography.
Appendices.
Notes.
Index.
